Men Tennis Update – Australian Open Sunday, January 27, 2013

Written by: Staff on 26th January 2013

Men Tennis Update - Australian Open Sunday, January 27, 2013

epa03556606 Bob and Mike Bryan of the US in action in the men's doubles final aganist Robin Haase and Igor Sijsling at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 27 January 2013. EPA/Mast Irham |

Doubles – Final: (1) Bryan/Bryan def. Haase/Sijsling 6-3 6-4

We’re going to just sort of quietly assume that this doesn’t surprise you, and spare you any description of the match. The significance, now, that we can talk about.

For starters, the Bryans now have an overwhelmingly strong grip on the top rankings, as our estimates of the Top Ten show:

1..(1) BryanM…………10420

2..(2) BryanB…………10350

3..(6) LopezM………….7510

4..(5) Nestor………….6540

5.(10) Granollers………6500

6..(7) Mirnyi………….6100

7..(3) Paes……………5435

8..(8) Tecau…………..5370

8..(9) Lindstedt……….5370

10..(4) Stepanek………..5305

So they have almost a 3000 point lead on the #3 player, and are almost 4000 points ahead of #4. And they have no titles to defend until Monte Carlo, and then nothing bigger than a 250 until the Olympics. It does not appear mathematically possible for them to lose the #1 and #2 rankings prior to Miami, and in practice they are surely safe until Monte Carlo. We’d guess they won’t actually be under threat until Wimbledon.

And they already have two titles this year — and they now have 13 Slams. The most ever by a team. commented, “Obviously, it feels real good to have that record. To be a part of history is pretty special. We weren’t thinking about it much out there, but now that we have it, it’s going to be fun to look back on our career and say we have the most Grand Slams. It’s a big record, so we’re pretty excited about it.”

What’s more, they have won at least one Slam in every year since 2005 (inclusive). In those eight years (counting 2005 but not 2013), they have averaged 7.6 titles per year. They’re ahead of schedule in 2013. Just how far can they push their record? Hard to say, but there doesn’t seem to be much competition on the horizon….

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